It appears that the well has finally run dry – late-nite TV infomercial providers have clearly run out of ways to help us improve our woe-begotten lives.


The same people that found ways to help us hapless humans muddle through vegetable chopping and survive frigid nights in our own homes by sewing sleeves onto velour blankets are now pitching ideas that absolutely indicate the creative minds behind the products are kaput.

The most recent infomercial running (at least here in Canada) attempts to help those of us that are too incompetent to water plants, or reach things higher than our belly button. In sweeping graphic demonstrations, the marketers unveil…a flippin’ pulley. A big, black hideously ugly pulley, to allow anyone with the mental faculty of a toothbrush to pull down hanging planters to water the contents, rather than find a step stool. Bad enough we weren’t competent enough to find ways to clear up spills before Sham-Wow, now we may be endangering our lives reaching up to water plants. Where do I send my $19.99, and PLEASE, let me know before midnight tonight!

The guy with a warehouse full of 59-cent pulleys must be hoping that PT Barnum was right – there’s a sucker born every second…

Chow for now!